Originally Posted by
ams6110
Very few suicides take 150+ innocent lives along with their own. It's literally is almost unthinkable and certainly exceedingly rare.
Suicides are not rare at all (compared with the overall frequency of fatal crashes in the
cruise phase).
There were 3 pilot suicides with killed passengers in the last 20 years (EgyptAir 990, SilkAir 185, LAM 470).
Compare this with just 2 fatal mechanical failures during cruise flight in the same time period (China Airlines 611 and Helios 522).